Random Trivia Quiz No. 29

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Random Trivia Quiz No. 29

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  • 1. What 'E' is a kind of mixed beer, an un-castrated animal or something that is whole ?
  • 2. Lewis Wilson was the first actor to play which character ?
  • 3. Which 1988 film saw Bruce Willis battling against a group of terrorists that crudely interrupted a Christmas party ?
  • 4. What 'F' are among the favourite prey of grass-snakes and were once tadpoles ?
  • 5. Who turned down the role of the seductive and vindictive Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate before Anne Bancroft was offered the part in the 1967 hit film ?
  • 6. Who sang the theme song for the 1985 film The Jewel of the Nile ?
  • 7. Which word used to be in the name of The San Francisco Ballet ?
  • 8. Who had a US number one hit with "Sin" in 1951 ?
  • 9. In the list of current UN member states, what are the only 3 countries whose names start with a unique letter i.e., no other country’s name starts with the same letter ? (hint: all three are in the Middle-East)
  • 10. What was the nationality of the first ever darts world champion ?
  • 11. Quito is the capital of which South American Country ?
  • 12. Who is the subject of the unauthorized 1997 biography entitled The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly ?
  • 13. What 'U' is a sense of injury or offence ?
  • 14. From which city did Neville Chamberlain claim that he had brought back "peace in our time" ?
  • 15. Who was the beaten finalist in the Wimbledon Men's Singles in 1992, 1994 an 1998 ?

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1. Entire
3. Die Hard
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4. Frog
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ANSWERS
  • 1. What 'E' is a kind of mixed beer, an un-castrated animal or something that is whole ? Entire
  • 2. Lewis Wilson was the first actor to play which character ? Batman
  • 3. Which 1988 film saw Bruce Willis battling against a group of terrorists that crudely interrupted a Christmas party ? Die Hard
  • 4. What 'F' are among the favourite prey of grass-snakes and were once tadpoles ? Frogs
  • 5. Who turned down the role of the seductive and vindictive Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate before Anne Bancroft was offered the part in the 1967 hit film ? Doris Day, who explained that she rejected the part because: "I can’t picture myself in bed with
    someone, all the crew around us, doing what I consider so exciting and exalting when it is very
    personal and private."
  • 6. Who sang the theme song for the 1985 film The Jewel of the Nile ? Billy Ocean
  • 7. Which word used to be in the name of The San Francisco Ballet ? Opera
  • 8. Who had a US number one hit with "Sin" in 1951 ? Eddy Howard
  • 9. In the list of current UN member states, what are the only 3 countries whose names start with a unique letter i.e., no other country’s name starts with the same letter ? (hint: all three are in the Middle-East) Oman, Qatar and Yemen
  • 10. What was the nationality of the first ever darts world champion ? Welsh (Leighton Rees)
  • 11. Quito is the capital of which South American Country ? Ecuador
  • 12. Who is the subject of the unauthorized 1997 biography entitled The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly ? Clint Eastwood. The bio was written by his ex-girlfriend Sondra Locke.
  • 13. What 'U' is a sense of injury or offence ? Umbrage
  • 14. From which city did Neville Chamberlain claim that he had brought back "peace in our time" ? Munich
  • 15. Who was the beaten finalist in the Wimbledon Men's Singles in 1992, 1994 an 1998 ? Goran Ivanisevic

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